Evangelia brought these things with herwhen she moved from Cyprus to Crystal Palace in 1960.

She had married her British husband, Colin Card,in Cyprus a year earlier.

Evangelia Kalazoi

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Evangelia Kalazoi

Evangelia grew up in Cyprus:

"From 1955 there were some movements against mixing with the British because the organisation EOKA was formed whose aim was to free Cyprus from the British. So part of the measures of the British authorities to restrict this uprising was a curfew in the day - nobody could leave their houses.

As in 1958 I started working for the government service, I was issued with this curfew pass; it more or less allowed me to move at any time. My husband-to-be was seconded from the Metropolitan Police to the police in Cyprus. When I first met him he was directing traffic - shouting at a man whose horse and cart was blocking the road to get out of the way He was doing the bit of the Englishman, you know.

Later he came to our neighbourhood to see if there were any English civilian people living nearby because the army was giving them arms. So I spoke to him and he said he was impressed by my knowledge of English - after that he started passing by my house several times a day. As local girls were not allowed to have dates with boys he sent a lady with a marriage proposal."

Fighting for Cyprus

The Greek community on Cyprus fought against British rule. A state of emergency was declaredon the island in 1955 after riots and bombings.The British also used curfews to control the uprising. People were not allowed to leave their homes unless they had a curfew pass like Evangelia Kalazoi.

In 1960 the Greek and Turkish communities agreed a joint constitution and Cyprus got its independence from Britain.

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